Pattern Cutting: Create Classic Tailored Trousers
Alternative Trouser Styles
A course by Monisola Omotoso , Designer and Creative Pattern Cutter
Joined September 2021
Joined September 2021
About the video: Alternative Trouser Styles
Overview
“Let's see some new ways to apply all the skills you've learnt by exploring different trouser styles.”
In this video lesson Monisola Omotoso addresses the topic: Alternative Trouser Styles, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pattern Cutting: Create Classic Tailored Trousers. Learn how to measure and make a pair of trousers, from the initial block pattern to the finished garment, and showcase your own style.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Alternative Trouser Styles In this lesson, I'm going to talk about various styles of trousers that you can adapt your basic block to. The basic block is so versatile for that reason, you've made it based on your measurements, so you can just create lots of different things. The styles I'm going to focus on are styles based on the specific block that we've drafted. The first style I want to talk to you about is a pair of trousers with a pleated waistline, which means that your classic trousers will basically be developed into something that's slightly looser around the stomach area, not as...”
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Course summary for: Pattern Cutting: Create Classic Tailored Trousers
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Fashion Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing
Monisola Omotoso
A course by Monisola Omotoso
Monisola Omotoso is a designer and pattern cutter based in central London. She comes from a family of South American tailors and followed in their footsteps, making her first wearable pattern at just eight years old. She later studied art and design at Middlesex University where she discovered a love of pattern cutting. While studying, she won several competitions and during her final year, she designed her first commercial product, which was sold at retailers like Paul Smith.
After graduating, Monisola started her own namesake brand which she ran for 10 years, distributing her ranges across the world. She has designed stage outfits for musicians including David Bowie and U2 and her work has been featured in leading UK publications such as The Face, i-D, Fashion Weekly, and The Observer. Monisola also worked as a draper for Alexander McQueen. Now she helps others create clothing through 1:1 tuition, pattern-cutting kits, and sewing patterns.
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